City of Oswego, enumerated August 8, 1850, by H. H. Bronson.(p. 352, vol. 68, part I)

366-444

Sparks, Henry

41

(M)

New York

Laborer

$600

" Nancy

39

(F)

New Hampshire

" Martha

20

(F)

New York

" Francis

16

(M)

" "

" Alphenis

13

(M)

" "

" Cynthia

15

(F)

" "

" Franklin

11

(M)

" "

" Lydia

9

(F)

" "

" Napoleon

7

(M)

" "

" Nancy

5

(F)

" "

" Betsey

3

(F)

" "

Town of Scriba, enumerated October 24, 1850, by Archibald Stone.

(p. 748)

Williams, Hannah

42

(F)

New York

$200

1813-1974

Sparks, Samuel

22

(M)

" "

Boatman

" George

18

(M)

" "

" William

17

(M)

" "

" Martha

15

(F)

" "

" Polly

13

(F)

" "

" Betsy

10

(F)

" "

Town of Orwell, enumerated August 23, 1850, by Oliver N. Bennett.(p. 400, vol. 69, part II)

130-130

Darron, Abel

35

(M)

New York

Farmer

$800

" Melissa P.

27

(F)

" "

Sparks, Abigail

73

(F)

Massachusetts

Cashman, Sabra

14

(F)

New York

Town of Orwell, enumerated August 23, 1850, by Oliver N. Bennett

(p. 404)

Sparks, Major

40

(M)

Massachusetts

Laborer

148-148

" Caroline

34

(F)

Connecticut

" William

16

(M)

New York

" Carlos

14

(M)

" "

" Lucius

12

(M)

" "

" Nelson

9

(M)

" "

" James

5

(M)

" "

" Almira

1

(F)

" "

Page 654Whole Number 38

SPARKSES FOUND IN THE 1850 CENSUS OF DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK
by Carrie Grant Heppen

Town of Pougkeepsie enumerated July 19, 1850, by John S. Bogardens
(page 105)

274-365

Sparks

Geo

31

(M)

New York

Constable

$1800

"

Emely

25

(F)

" "

"

Edgar

1

(M)

" "

274-366

Sparks

Joseph D.

54

(M)

New York

Mason

"

Ester

48

(F)

" "

"

Adelade

18

(F)

" "

"

David

22

(M)

" "

Clerk

"

Gee.

16

(M)

" "

"

Seward

13

(M)

" "

Dubois

Margaus

16

(M)

" "

Butler

Catharine

9

(F)

Ireland

Town of Pougkeepsie enumerated September 12, 1850, by John S. Bogardens

(page 234)
1054-1333

Sparks

Maria

54

(F)

New York

"

Martha

19

(F)

" "

"

Catherine

22

(F)

" "

"

John

8

(M)

" "

"

Hellen

3

(F)

" "

Page 655Whole Number 38

SPARKSES FOUND IN THE 1850 CENSUS OF NIAGARA COUNTY, NEW YORK
by Carrie Grant Heppen

Town of Cambia (enumerated September 31, 1850, by A. VanWagoner)

(page 593)

260-263

Tactur

Erastus

23

(M)

New York

"

Betsy

22

(F)

"

"

Ellen

1

(F)

"

Sparks

Thomas

14

(M)

Town of Porter enumerated August 2, 1850, by Wml. Henderson

(page 896)

26-26

Hosmer

Timothy

66

(M)

Connecticut

Farmer

$3200

"

Isabel

62

(F)

New York

"

Jane

24

(F)

" "

"

Larry

20

(M)

" "

"

Isabel

16

(F)

" "

Willis

Samuel

20

(M)

" "

Farmer

Coggins

George

18

(M)

" "

Farmer

Briggs

Mary

14

(F)

" "

Howell

Henry

10

(M)

New Hampshire

Jewett

Ezekel

50

(F)

" "

"

Elizabeth

40

(F)

New York

Sparks

Joe

13

(M)

" "

Geologist

Page 864Whole Number 48

SPARKS FAMILIES FOUND IN THE 1850 CENSUS OF ORLEANS COUNTY, NEW YORK
Copied by Carrie Grant Heppen

The Town of Ridgeway, enumerated on August 7, 1850, by P. H. Davis(Page 388, House number 224, Family number 227)

Crippin, Calvin

47

(M)

New York

Farmer

$300

" Jane

34

(F)

Vermont

" Lorenzo

12

(M)

New York

" Alphonzo

7

(M)

" "

Sparks, Theodore

14

(M)

" "

" Mary

11

(F)

" "

" Henry

9

(M)

" "

Town of Murray, enumerated on September 27, 1850, by P. P. Sprague)(Page 638, House number 227, Family number 232)

Balcom, Walter W.

25

(M)

New York

Farmer

$1800

" Anna

47

(F)

M.D. (sic)

" Henrietta

19

(F)

New York

" Harriet

17

(F)

" "

" Malinda

8

(F)

" "

Sparks, Theodore

14

(M)

" "

(Note: The Theodore Sparks, aged 14, who was listed in the Calvin Crippin family may well have been the same Theodore Sparks, aged 14, who was living in the Waiter N. Balcom family. He was probably an orphan who spent part of his time with each family.)

Page 1040Whole Number 56

SPARKS FAMILIES LISTED ON THE 1850 CENSUS OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK
Copied by Carrie Grant Heppen

Town of Crawford, enumerated August 27, 1850, by Gilbert Hulse.(page 254)

1029-1039

Sparks, Edmunds

35

(M)

New York

Mason

" Lydia J.

33

(F)

" "

Mackie, W. H.

10

(M)

" "

(page 259)

1076-1086

Sparks, Jonathan

55

(M)

New York

Laborer

" Mary

50

(F)

" "

" Layah

78

(F)

" "

SPARKS FAMILIES LISTED ON THE 1850 CENSUS OF ORLEANS COUNTY, NEW YORKCopied by Carrie Grant Heppen

Town of Ridgeway, enumerated August 7, 1850, by P. H. Davis.(page 388)

924-927

Crippin, Calvin

47

(M)

New York

Farmer

$300

" Jane

34

(F)

Vermont

" Lorenzo

12

(M)

New York

" Alphonzo

7

(M)

" "

Sparks, Theodore

14

(M)

" "

" Mary

11

(F)

" "

" Henry

9

(M)

" "

Town of Murray, enumerated September 28, 1850, by D. D. Sprague.(page 638)

227-232

Balcom, Walter W.

25

(M)

New York

Farmer

$1800

" Anna

47

(F)

Maryland

" Henrietta

19

(F)

New York

" Harriett

17

(F)

" "

" Malinda

8

(F)

" "

Sparks, Theodore

14

(M)

" "

Pages 2378-2398
Whole Number 117

SPARKS FAMILIES LISTED ON THE 1850 CENSUS OF NEW YORK

In the study of American genealogy, no source of information surpasses the 1850 federal census in value. Although six federal censuses had been taken at ten-year intervals before 1850 (beginning in 1790), it was not until 1850 that the census taker was required to record the name, age, sex, place of birth, race, occupation, and value of real estate owned of every individiual in every household. Countless genealogical mysteries have been solved by ne discovery of an individual or family on the 1850 census.

In past issues of the Quarterly, we have published the record of Sparkses found on the 1850 census of a number of states, as .follows: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Vermont. It is our goal to puhlish the Sparks data from all other states during the years immediately ahead. We feel that these record are among the most important that we could provide our readers. (Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia had been formed prior to 1850; nineteen have been added since 1850.)

Here we present the record of Sparks families households in which one or more persons named Sparks resided as recorded in the 1850 census of the state of New York. No fewer than 420 persons named Sparks (including those recorded on the census as Spark and Sparkes) have been found on this census.

The instructions given each census taker in 1850 directed him to visit every household, including institutions, rooming houses, etc., in the district assigned. to him and to obtain from a resident there the following information about each individual living therein: name, age, sex, color, occupation, value of real estate owned, birthplace, whether married within the year, whether in school within the year, and an indication if the individual (if an adult) were unable to read or write. The census taker was to number and date each census sheet as he completed it, and he was to number each dwelling place and each family therein. In most instances, of course, there was one family in each house, in which case, beginning on the first sheet, these two numbers would be the same, but from the time there was more than one family in a dwelling place, the numbers thereafter would be different.

In this transcription, under each county we have given the town in which each family lived as well as the date on which the family was visited. This date can be significant for the inclusion of a child born in 1850. The house and family numbers have been copied because they often suggest how close together two families lived, and thus possible relations can be deduced. For example, in Dutchess County, City of Poughkeepsie, the fact that the Sparks household headed by George Sparks (age 31) was numbered immediately before that of Joseph D. Sparks (age 54) suggests that these two families were living next to each other. They were probably closely related. Note, however, that Joseph D. Sparks had a 16 year-old male named George Sparks living in his household. This was probably a son, which suggests that the George Sparks who was 31 was not a son of Joseph D. Sparks, although at first glance one might assume that was the relationship because of their ages.

Following the name of each individual appears his/her age. Researchers using census records know that errors frequently occur here. Many people were unsure even of their own age 130 years ago. Furthermore, we can never be sure who provided the census taker with the information for a given household, and we know that in many instances the person interviewed merely guessed the ages of the other members of that household. Rarely can a researcher prove an exact birthdate from a census record.

The sex of each individual, M for male and F for female, is given next, followed by color, W for white, B for black, etc. The state or foreign country in which the individual was born follows, but here, again, this item of information sometimes represents a guess on the part of the person providing information regarding his household. The occupation is given next, usually only for the head of the household unless there were other adult males included. Then follows an estimate of the value of real estate, if any, owned by each individual.

Occasionally a family was missed altogether by the census taker, and there were instances where a family was listed twice by the same or different census takers. Despite its many shortcomings, the 1850 census remains a splendid source for genealogical research.

We are able to provide the listings of Sparkses appearing on the 1850 census because of a number of indexing projects completed in recent years. Paul Sparks, our Association's president, has worked through a professional genealogist named Jack Strickland to glean the Sparks records from the 1850 census. Following is Paul's compilation for the state of New York.

[Note: All persons are white except the residents of Queen's County and Brooklyn Ward 9.]

Number

Person

Age

M/F

Born

Occupation

Net Worth

Albany County, New York -- 1850 Census

City of Albany. Ward 6.
Page 643 Census taken on August 7, 1850, by Archibald Young.

537-1090

Sparks, Samuel G.

26

(M)

Ireland

Laborer

" Mary

21

(F)

"

City of Albany. Ward 9.
Page 278. Census taken on August 31, 1850, by Archibald Young.

654-383

Sparkes, George

47

(M)

England

Laborer

" Frances

42

(F)

"

" Sarah

11

(F)

New York

" Emma

9

(F)

" "

" Samuel

6

(M)

" "

" Steven

3

(M)

" "

Town of Cuba
Page 240. Census taken on October 7, 1850.

176

Jewell, Nathaniel

39

(M)

New York

Carriage maker

$800

" Harriet

36

(F)

" "

" Adaline

17

(F)

" "

" Hellen

15

(F)

" "

" Margrette

14

(F)

" "

" James

7

(M)

" "

Call, John

19

(M)

" "

Carriage maker

Hutchens, Otis

15

(M)

" "

Alexander, John

28

(M)

" "

Farmer

Sparks, Charles

20

(M)

Pennsylvania

Blacksmith

Broome County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Conklin.Page 105. Census taken on July 29, 1850.

24

Round, Job

46

(M)

New York

Farmer

$1000

" Sarah

37

(F)

" "

" Thomas

17

(M)

" "

" Job

16

(M)

" "

" Freeman

11

(M)

" "

" William

8

(M)

" "

" Mary

7

(F)

" "

" Battes

2

(M)

" "

Sparks, Aseneth

16

(F)

" "

Town of Windsor.
Page 227. Census taken on September 21, 1850.

458

Sparks, John

56

(M)

New York

Farmer

$600

" Margaret

41

(F)

" "

" Sally Ann

4

(F)

Pennsylvania

" Amiza (?)

1

(F)

New York

Page 227. Census taken on September 21, 1850.

459

Sparks, John W.

28

(M)

New York

Farmer

" Christiana

48

(F)

" "

" Rebecca

20

(F)

" "

" Jane E.

2/12

(F)

" "

" Wm. W.

5

(M)

" "

Cattaraugus County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Farmersville.Page 421. Census taken August 24, 1850.

689

King, Stephen

34

(M)

New York

Farmer

$50

" Emily

34

(F)

" "

" Eliza A.

5

(F)

" "

" Marvin

2

(M)

" "

" Samuel

4/12

(M)

" "

Sparks, Fanny

20

(F)

" "

Cayuga County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Moravia.Page 116. Census taken on July 19, 1850, by Guernsey Jewett.

170-173

Sparks, Martin

63

(M)

Connecticut

Laborer

" Clarissa

56

(F)

New York

" Cynthia

16

(F)

" "

Case, Ruth

38

(F)

" "

Rakes, Lois

27

(F)

Ohio

Shattocks, Ruhany

26

(F)

New York

Marcy, Hannah

29

(F)

" "

Ellsworth, Mary

17

(F)

Ireland

Locke, Julia

20

(F)

New York

Burnham, Hepsical

25

(F)

" "

Skifman, Polly

25

(F)

" "

Birdsall, Malissa

17

(F)

" "

" Priscilla

19

(F)

" "

Floyd, William

16

(M)

" "

City of Auburn
Page 218. Census taken on July 10, 1850, by L. C. Mann

113-124

Sparks, Reuben

24

(M)

New York

Painter

$700

" Maryan

23

(F)

" "

" John

1

(M)

" "

Bieggs, Eliza

15

(F)

" "

Town of Ledyard.Page 242. Census taken on September 10, 1850.

1100

Phelps, Ambrose

49

(M)

New York

Farmer

$4000

" Lucinda

40

(F)

" "

" Charles

22

(M)

" "

" Marabella

10

(F)

" "

" Arnold

8

(M)

" "

" Cornelia

6

(F)

" "

" (baby)

9/12

(M)

" "

Stinton, Wesley

14

(M)

" "

Sparks, Matilda

17

(F)

" "

Chatauqua County, New York -- 1850 Census

Ellicott TownshipPage 75. Census taken on August 5, 1850.

536

Philips, Melville

31

(M)

New York

Farmer

$1000

" Lucy

28

(F)

" "

" Mortimer

9

(M)

" "

(F)

" Clara

1

(F)

" "

Sparks, Charles

18

(M)

" "

Carroll Township
Page 88. Census taken on September 18, 1850.

116

Sparks, Elisha

52

(M)

New York

B. Clergy

$700

" Eliza

49

(F)

" "

" Elisha

16

(M)

" "

Farmer

" Manassa

14

(M)

" "

" Harvey

12

(M)

" "

Census taken on September 19, 1850.

156

Sparks, William

35

(M)

New York

Carpenter

$400

" Semantha

30

(F)

" "

" John

9

(M)

" "

" Matilda

7

(F)

" "

" Isadore

5

(F)

" "

" Mary

2

(F)

" "

Census taken on September 24, 1850.

272

Sparks, Ichabod

43

(M)

New York

Farmer

$1500

" Catherine

42

(F)

" "

" Hannah

16

(F)

" "

" Eliza

14

(F)

" "

" Nancy

11

(F)

" "

" Sarah

8

(F)

" "

" Ichabod

3

(M)

" "

Town of EllingtonPage 152. Census taken on September 17 1850.

2143

Sparks, P.

36

(M)

New York

Farmer

$600

" Mary

26

(F)

" "

" M. G.

6

(F)

" "

Town of Sherman
Pge 277. Census taken on October 10, 1850.

78

Bowman, Joseph

28

(M)

England

Farmer

$1800

" Elizabeth

28

(F)

New York

Sparks, George

18

(M)

" "

Farmer

" Nathan

24

(M)

" "

84

Sparks, Thomas

27

(M)

New York

Farmer

$300

" Charlotte

26

(F)

" "

" Adelia

2

(F)

" "

Chemung County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Chemung.Page 166. Census taken on October 8, 1850.

91

Spark, Joseph

58

(M)

New Jersey

Farmer

$1000

" Martha

39

(F)

New York

" Sarah

17

(F)

" "

" Franklin

14

(M)

" "

" Benj.

13

(M)

" "

" Christian

9

(F)

" "

" George

6

(M)

" "

" Wm.

3

(M)

" "

" Henry

1

(M)

" "

Eddy, Maria

45

(F)

Massachusetts

Town of Elmira.Page 201. Census taken on July 36, 1850.

748

Spark, Hannah

71

(F)

New Jersey

Town of SouthportPage 324. Census taken on September 13, 1850.

182

Spark, Hannah

28

(F)

New York

$600

" Perry

12

(M)

Miss.

" Hannah

11

(F)

"

" Elizabeth

8

(F)

"

" John

3

(M)

New York

City of PoughkeepsiePage 105. Census taken on July 19, 1850, by John S. Bogardens.

274-365

Sparks, George

31

(M)

New York

Constable

$1800

" Emely

25

(F)

" "

" Edgar

1

(M)

" "

274-366

Sparks, Joseph D.

54

(M)

New York

Mason

" Ester

48

(F)

" "

" Adelade

18

(F)

" "

" David

22

(M)

" "

Clerk

" George

16

(M)

" "

" Seward

13

(M)

" "

Dubois, Margaus

16

(M)

" "

Butler, Catharine

9

(F)

" "

Page 234. Census taken on September 12, 1850, by John S. Bogardens.

1054-1333

Spark, Maria

54

(F)

New York

" Martha

19

(F)

" "

Brown, Catherine

22

(F)

" "

" John

8

(M)

" "

" Hellen

3

(F)

" "

Eire County, New York -- 1850 Census

City of Buffalo, Ward 4Page 358. Census taken on August 27, 1850.

2001

Spark, Henry

24

(M)

Germany

Joiner

" Magdalena

29

(F)

"

" Margaret

6

(F)

New York

" Mary

1

(F)

" "

Burgart, Theobald

18

(M)

Germany

Butcher

City of Buffalo, Ward, 5. Page 443. Census taken on July 22, 1850.

30

Sparks, Elizabeth

41

(F)

England

" George P.

20

(M)

"

Joiner

" E. S.

18

(F)

"

" Matilda S.

14

(F)

"

" Fred

8

(M)

"

" Caroline

5

(F)

New York

" Jared

4/12

(M)

" "

Long, Mary

24

(F)

Holland

Farries, Ann

16

(F)

"

Shannon, Matilda

11

(F)

Canada

Sparks, Anthony

45

(M)

England

Sailor

Mackel, John

24

(M)

Scotland

Joiner

Newstead TownshipPage 234. Census taken on September 18, 1850.

1615

Cummings, Noel

58

(M)

New York

Farmer

$1500

" Lydia

56

(F)

Connecticut

Sparks, Sally A.

16

(F)

New York

Page 240. Census taken on September 21, 1850.

1701

Graham, Thomas

51

(M)

Ireland

Farmer

" Maria

40

(F)

Vermont

" James

18

(M)

New York

" Thomas

13

(M)

" "

" Armena

6

(F)

" "

" (unnamed)

1/12

(F)

" "

Sparks, Henry

18

(M)

" "

Town of ChateaugayPage 269. Census taken on July 22, 1850.

487-516

Sparks, Orin

50

(M)

Massachusetts

Farmer

$1000

" Harriet

51

(F)

"

" Joseph

16

(M)

"

Genesee County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of DarienPage 166. Census taken on September 6, 1850, by David Mallory

126-126

Sparks, William

70

(M)

Connecticut

Farmer

$1360

" Lydia

68

(F)

Vermont

" Azetta

12

(F)

New York

Town of PavilionPage 192. Census taken on October 5, 1850, by David Mallory

114-128

Coe, Harry

49

(M)

Massachusetts

Farmer

$175

" Abigail

37

(F)

"

Sparks, Wells C.

9

(M)

New York

Coe, Sophia

14

(F)

" "

Kings County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Williamsburgh.Page 143. Census taken on July 17, 1850.

77

Sparks, Caspian A.

30

(M)

Connecticut

Sheriff

" Helen S.

20

(F)

Georgia

Butler, Mary

34

(F)

Ireland

Mullin, Margaret

25

(F)

"

Page 306. Census taken on September 10, 1850.

2755

Sparks, Jared

57

(M)

Connecticut

Lawyer

" Amorite

52

(F)

"

" Ellen

23

(F)

New York

" Andrew J.

22

(M)

" "

" Thomas J.

19

(M)

" "

Moran, Bridget

25

(F)

Ireland

City of Brooklyn. Ward 3.
Page 222. Census taken on July 30, 1850.

436

Sparks, Alex

22

(M)

New Jersey

Merchant

(living in a boarding house)

City of Brooklyn. Ward 9.
Page 61. Census taken on August 6, 1850.

983

Graham, Francis

37

(M)B

South Carolina

Shoemaker

$8000

" Sarah A.

18

(F)B

New York

Locke, Stephen

40

(M)B

" "

Laborer

Sparks, Ann

35

(F)B

" "

City of Brooklyn. Ward 10.
Page 107. Census taken on July 26, 1850.

525

Tinker, Lester

38

(M)

New York

Carpenter

" Elizabeth

37

(F)

" "

" Ellen

15

(F)

" "

Dicks, Henry

24

(M)

" "

" Calodonia

19

(F)

Kentucky

Sparks, John

22

(M)

New Jersey

Page 177. Census taken on August 17, 1850.

1665

Sparks, James

48

(M)

Massachusetts

Machinist

" Elizabeth

50

(F)

Connecticut

" Joseph

20

(M)

"

" Almina

18

(F)

"

" James

10

(M)

New York

" Margaret

14

(F)

" "

Livingston County, New York -- 1850 Census

Avon Township.Page 652.

301

Landon, Edward

34

(M)

Massachusetts

Farmer

" Elizabeth

30

(F)

"

" Frances

10

(F)

New York

Sparks, Almira

60

(F)

Massachusetts

" Luther

18

(M)

"

Madison County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Eaton.Page 351.

399

Sparks, Allen

40

(M)

New York

Insane

(living in county poor house)

Monroe County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of WheatlandPage 251. Census taken on October 5, 1850.

443

Sparks, Numan

39

(M)

Massachusetts

Teamster

" Mary

32

(F)

New York

" Emily

15

(F)

" "

" Sally

14

(F)

" "

" Talbert

12

(M)

" "

" Win

10

(M)

" "

" Catherine

8

(F)

" "

" Mary Jane

6

(F)

" "

" Numan

4

(M)

" "

Hufton, Evaline

22

(F)

" "

City of Rochester. Ward 2. Page 57. Census taken on August 15, 1850.

287

Sparks, Orpha

57

(F)

Connecticut

(living in a boarding house)

City of Rochester. Ward 3. Page 115. Census taken on August 29, 1850.

499

Sparks, John

22

(M)

Ireland

Painter

" Jane

20

(F)

Scotland

" John

8/12

(M)

New York

" Martha

70

(F)

Ireland

Montgomery County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Minden.Page 219. Census taken on August 27, 1850.

195

Sparks, Abram

46

(M)

New York

Blacksmith

" Maria

36

(F)

" "

" Josiah

19

(M)

" "

Blacksmith

" Peter

16

(M)

" "

"

" Mary

14

(F)

" "

" Jacob

12

(M)

" "

" Menzo

10

(M)

" "

" Prudence

9

(F)

" "

" Abram

5

(M)

" "

" Amanda

3

(F)

" "

" Isaac

9/12

(M)

" "

Phillips, Lany

42

(F)

" "

" Freeman

18

(M)

" "

Page 222. Census taken on August 28, 1850.

202

Sparks, Joseph

31

(M)

New York

Boating

" Eveline

31

(F)

" "

" Nicholas

11

(M)

" "

" Harriet

9

(F)

" "

" Pearl

7

(F)

" "

" Joseph

5

(M)

" "

" Maria

6

(F)

" "

" Jane

2

(F)

" "

" Polly

1

(F)

" "

New York County, New York -- 1850 Census

City of New York. Ward 1Page 123. Census taken on September 6, 1850

612

Sparks, FNU

29

(M)

Unknown

Engineer

(living in a boarding house)

Page 190. Census taken on October 10, 1850.

1526

Sparks, Mary Ann

45

(F)

Ireland

" Helen

20

(F)

"

" Edwards

19

(M)

"

Engraver

" Richard

15

(M)

"

Page 222. Census taken on October 30, 1850.

1899

Sparks, J. G.

33

(M)

Ireland

Soldier

(recruit at Fort Columbus)

City of New York. Ward 3. Page 377. Census taken on September 3, 1850.

762

Gates, John

25

(M)

Germany

Cordwainer

Shade, Henry

25

(M)

"

"

Spark, John

25

(M)

"

"

Page 407. Census taken on October 17, 1850.

1153

Sparks, Thomas

40

(M)

England

Lawyer

(living in a boarding house)

City of New York. Ward 4. Page 67. Census taken on August 24, 1850.

1055

Sparks, William

26

(M)

New York

Lamplighter

" Eugenia

17

(F)

" "

" Thomas

29

(M)

" "

Machinist

(William and Eugenia married within the year.)

Page 82. Census taken on September 12, 1850.

1247

Sparks FNU

35

(M)

England

Bookbinder

(living in a boarding house)

Page 135. Census taken on October 8, 1850.

2061

Sparks, FNU

40

(M)

New York

Clerk

" Charles

14

(F)

" "

City of New York, Ward 5. Page 196. Census taken on August 13, 1850.

Sparks, Isabella

23

(F)

Germany

(living in a boarding house)

City of New York, Ward 6.
Page 282. Census taken on September 14, 1850.

2037

Sparks, William H.

58

(M)

New York

Commissioner

" Leah

56

(F)

Nova Scotia

" George A.

25

(M)

New York

Coal dealer

" Mary E.

22

(F)

" "

" Robert

17

(M)

" "

Clerk

" Elma

23

(F)

Pennsylvania

" Elma

2

(F)

New York

" Angelina

1/12

(F)

" "

City of New York, Ward 7.
Page 33. Census taken on July 30, 1850.

471

McClure, Alex

64

(M)

New York

Grocer

$40000

" George

24

(M)

" "

Clerk

" Ann M.

20

(F)

Connecticut

" Mary L.

4/12

(F)

New York

" Jane Ann

40

(F)

" "

Sparks, Mary F.

42

(F)

" "

Hyde, R. B.

27

(M)

Connecticut

clerk

Laden, Mary

28

(F)

Ireland

Page 88. Census taken on August 26, 1850.

1301

Lamont, Julia

48

(F)

New York

" Robert H.

21

(M)

" "

Clerk

" Julia A.

16

(F)

" "

Sparks, John

26

(M)

" "

Dept. Clerk

" Mary E.

24

(F)

" "

" Emma L.

4

(F)

" "

" John Edward

2

(M)

" "

Pass, Margt.

20

(F)

Ireland

Page 136. Census taken on September 19, 1850.

1876

Sparks, Samuel A.

38

(M)

Maryland

Clerk H. R. R.

(living in a boarding house)

(F)

City of New York. Ward 9.
Page 229. Census taken on August 6, 1850.

861

Sparks, James

33

(M)

New York

Wood dealer

$3500

" Cornelia

29

(F)

" "

" Charles

9

(M)

" "

" Christian B.

7

(F)

" "

" Johanas

5

(M)

" "

" Elizabeth

3

(F)

" "

" Stephen

17

(M)

" "

Page 265. Census taken on August 15, 1850, by John C. Nicholson.

645-1396

Sparks, Daniel

45

(M)

Ireland

Jeweler

" Maria

44

(F)

"

" Martha

22

(F)

"

" Agnes

19

(F)

"

" Elizabeth

13

(F)

"

" Maria

7

(F)

"

" William H.

5

(M)

"

" Julia T.

3

(F)

"

Page 342. Census taken on July 26, 1850, by Walter S. Cunningham.

184-469

Sparks, Hannah

50

(F)

Massachusetts

Harfield, William

26

(M)

"

Tinner

State, Jacob

22

(M)

New York

Harfield, Harriet

16

(F)

" "

Sparks, Caroline

12

(F)

" "

" Ann

9

(F)

" "

Coggens, Sarah

82

(F)

England

State, Charles

11/12

(M)

New York

Page 407. Census taken on August 12, 1850, by Walter S. Cunningham.

684-1455

Watson, Ellen

47

(F)

Ireland

" Thomas

30

(M)

England

Cartman

" Mary

18

(F)

New York

" Ellen

17

(F)

" "

" Isabella

10

(F)

" "

Sparks, Walter C.

45

(M)

" "

Gentleman

$6000

" Mary

42

(F)

" "

" Mary

15

(F)

" "

Dorom, Margaret

20

(F)

Ireland

City of New York, Ward 10. Page 58. Census taken on July 30, 1850.

1065

Sparks, William H., Jr.

27

(M)

New York

Locksmith

" Hannah

26

(F)

England

" Leah

5

(F)

New York

" Sarah

2

(F)

" "

" William H.

3/12

(M)

" "

Smith, William

21

(M)

England

Locksmith

Harrison, Frederick

20

(M)

Germany

"

Page 143. Census taken on July 15, 1850.

40

Sparks, Alfred

22

(M)

England

(living in a boarding house)

Page 266. Census taken on August 8, 1850.

1888

Sparks, Samuel

21

(M)

New York

Stationer

" Elizabeth

20

(F)

" "

" William

2

(M)

" "

" Caroline

1/12

(F)

" "

City of New York. Ward 13.
Page 274. Census taken on September 18, 1850.

2520

Sparks, Alexander

26

(M)

New York

Brass finisher

" Laura

22

(F)

" "

" Arthur A.

4/12

(M)

" "

Pierson, Mary S.

45

(F)

" "

Page 276. Census taken on September 19, 1850.

2546

Doncle, Joana

46

(F)

New York

Sparks, Ann E.

27

(F)

" "

" Alexander

25

(M)

" "

Locksmith

" James

23

(M)

" "

Machinist

" George

20

(M)

" "

Harness maker

City of New York. Ward 14.
Page 76. Census taken on August 23, 1850.

1290

English, James

23

(M)

Ireland

" Ellen

22

(F)

"

" Grace

2/12

(F)

New York

Sparks, Anna

23

(F)

Ireland

Campson, Ann

18

(F)

"

City of New York. Ward 16.
Page 41. Census taken on July 31, 1850, by J. T. Covenhoven.

283-614

Sparks, William

60

(M)

Ireland

Liquor dealer

" Martha

40

(F)

"

Page 48. Census taken on July 30, 1850, by John Bayone.

290-818

Spark, Jacob

30

(M)

Germany

Shoemaker

" Mary

27

(F)

"

" Frances

6

(F)

"

" Ann

2

(F)

"

" Norman

9/12

(M)

New York

Page 222. Census taken on September 14, 1850, by J. T. Covenhoven.

1354-3774

Sparks, Samuel

62

(M)

New York

Grocer

" Catherine

60

(F)

" "

" Catherine

32

(F)

" "

" Sarah

30

(F)

" "

" Charlotte

28

(F)

" "

" Mary

20

(F)

" "

" Theodore

18

(M)

" "

Galliger, Ann

20

(F)

Ireland

City of New York. Ward 17.
Page 374. Census taken on September 18, 1850, by Isaac H. Brown.

1003-3192

Sparks, Samuel, Jr.

31

(M)

New York

Grocer

" Elizabeth

22

(F)

Connecticut

" Elizabeth

1

(F)

New York

Kellogg, Mary

24

(F)

Ireland

Gilbert, Edward

19

(M)

Connecticut

Clerk

City of New York, Ward 18.
Page 217. Census taken on July 23, 1850.

1

Sparks, Sylvester

38

(M)

New York

Grocer

" Eliza

34

(F)

" "

" Caroline

12

(F)

" "

" William

10

(M)

" "

" Walter

6

(M)

" "

" Adelia

1

(F)

" "

Casney, Morris

29

(M)

" "

Grocer

Cawler, Johannes

16

(M)

" "

Page 345. Census taken on September 10, 1850.

1995

Sparks, William E.

24

(M)

New York

Grocer

" Walter

22

(M)

" "

Page 357. Census taken on September 19, 1850.

2172

Sparks, Charles

30

(M)

England

Liquor Store

" William

40

(M)

"

Clerk

Frost, Charles

14

(M)

"

"

Sweeny, Margaret

18

(F)

Ireland

Miller, Harriet

22

(F)

England

Sparks, Charles

5

(M)

"

City of New York. Ward 19.
Page 131. Census taken on September 4, 1850.

2057

Sparks, Benjamin C.

29

(M)

New York

Contractor

" Ellen

27

(F)

" "

" Eliza

9

(F)

" "

" Erma

5

(F)

" "

Rourke, Eliza

22

(F)

Ireland

Seely, Jacob

28

(M)

France

Florist

Page 141. Census taken on September 10, 1850.

2193

Sparks, William D.

45

(M)

New York

Public House

" Ellen

30

(F)

Massachusetts

" William

8

(M)

New York

" Janeway

6

(F)

" "

Monnegan, Margt.

21

(F)

Ireland

Baker, Thomas

62

(M)

England

Bar keeper

Page 188. Census taken on September 25, 1850.

1552

Sparks, Hugh

38

(M)

Ireland

Pauper

(in alms-house on Blackwells Island

(F)

Niagara County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Cambria.Page 593. Census taken on September 1, 1850, by A. Van Wagoner.

260-263

Tactur, Erastus

23

(M)

New York

" Betsey

22

(F)

" "

" Ellen

1

(F)

" "

Sparks, Thomas

14

(M)

" "

Townhip of Porter.Page 896. Census taken on August 2, 1850, by Wm. Henderson.

26-26

Hosmer, Timothy

66

(M)

Connecticut

Farmer

$3200

" Isabel

62

(F)

New York

" Jane

24

(F)

" "

" Larry

20

(M)

" "

" Isabel

16

(F)

" "

Willis, Samuel

20

(M)

" "

Farmer

Coggins, George

18

(M)

" "

Briggs, Mary

14

(F)

" "

Howell, Henry

10

(M)

New Hampshire

Jewett, Ezekel

50

(M)

" "

" Elizabeth

40

(F)

New York

Sparks, Joe

13

(M)

" "

Onondaga County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Otisco.Page 177. Census taken on July 25, 1850.

94-99

Sparks, Lansing

36

(M)

New York

Farmer

$800

" Hannah

64

(F)

Connecticut

" Hannah M.

20

(F)

New York

" Harriet

28

(F)

" "

187-199

Sparks, Jeremiah

71

(M)

Connecticut

Farmer

" Martha

63

(F)

"

Town of SalinaPage 281. Census taken on August 2, 1850, by Michael Leyden, Jr.

210-210

Sparks, Isiah

35

(M)

New York

Carpenter

$500

" Aner

29

(F)

" "

" Frances L.

4

(F)

" "

" William H.

2

(M)

" "

" Eugenia

4

(F)

" "

Wheeler, Merrit

22

(M)

" "

Carpenter

Johnson, Hester

19

(F)

England

Town of Ononndaga.Page 574. Census taken on September 28, 1850.

941-972

Sparks, Abel

49

(M)

Connecticut

Farmer

$3500

" Margaret

39

(F)

Massachusetts

"Hearty

10

(F)

New York

Newman, Anson

20

(M)

" "

Laborer

Ontario County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Phelps.Page 416. Census taken on August 30, 1850.

768

Sparks, George

58

(M)

New York

Farmer

$6000

"Margaret

52

(F)

" "

"Jefferson

31

(M)

" "

Farmer

"Ester M.

31

(F)

" "

"Eli

3

(M)

" "

Orange County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of CrawfordPage 254. Census taken on August 27, 1850, by Gilbert Hulse.

1029-1039

Sparks, Edmunds

35

(M)

New York

Mason

" Lydia J.

33

(F)

" "

Mackie, W. H.

10

(M)

" "

Page 259.

1076-1076

Sparks, Johnathan

55

(M)

New York

Laborer

" Mary

50

(F)

" "

" Layah

78

(F)

" "

Town of MontgomeryPage 207. Census taken on September 11, 1850, by Peter Cannon.

216-231

Sparks, Joel

77

(M)

New York

None

$300

" Harriet

42

(F)

" "

" Ann

35

(F)

" "

Page 215. Census taken on September 19, 1850.

351

Dickerson, Francis C.

26

(M)

New York

Farmer

" Catherine

50

(F)

" "

Sparks, Isaiah

27

(M)

" "

Laborer

Wade, Theodore

16

(M)

" "

"

Kettle, Rosannah

18

(F)

" "

Orleans County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Ridgeway.Page 388. Census taken on August 7, 1850, by P. H. Davis.

224-227

Crippin, Calvin

47

(M)

New York

Farmer

$300

" Jane

34

(F)

Vermont

" Lorenzo

12

(M)

New York

" Alphonzo

7

(M)

" "

Sparks, Theodore

14

(M)

" "

" Mary

11

(F)

" "

" Henry

9

(M)

" "

Town of MurrayPage 638. Census taken on September 7, 1850, by P. P. Sprague

227-232

Balcom, Walter W.

25

(M)

New York

Farmer

$1800

" Anna

47

(F)

MD.

" Henrietta

19

(F)

New York

" Harriet

17

(F)

" "

" Malinda

8

(F)

" "

Sparks, Theodore

14

(M)

" "

Oswego County, New York - 1850 Census

Town of Orwell.Page 201. Census taken on August 23, 1850, by Oliver N. Bennett.

130-130

Darrow, Abel

35

(M)

New York

Farmer

$800

" Melissa J.

27

(F)

" "

Sparks, Abigail

73

(F)

Massachusetts

Cushman, Zabra

14

(F)

New York

Page 202. Census taken on August 24, 1850.

148

Sparks, Major

40

(M)

Massachusetts

Laborer

" Caroline

34

(F)

Connecticut

" William

16

(M)

New York

" Carlos

14

(M)

" "

" Lucius

12

(M)

" "

(blind)

" Nelson

9

(M)

" "

" James

5

(M)

" "

" Almira

1

(F)

" "

Town of Oswego.Page 352. Census taken on August 8, 1850, by H. H. Bronson.

366-444

Sparks, Henry

41

(M)

New York

Laborer

$600

" Nancy

39

(F)

New Hampshire

" Martha

20

(F)

New York

" Francis

16

(M)

" "

" Alphenis

13

(M)

" "

" Cynthia

15

(F)

" "

" Franklin

11

(M)

" "

" Lydia

9

(F)

" "

" Napoleon

7

(M)

" "

" Nancy

5

(F)

" "

" Betsey

3

(F)

" "

Town of Scriba.Page 748. Census taken on October 24, 1850, by Archibald Stone.

1813-1974

Williams, Hannah

42

(F)

New York

$200

Sparks, Samuel

22

(M)

" "

Boatman

" George

18

(M)

" "

"

" William

17

(M)

" "

"

" Martha

15

(F)

" "

" Polly

13

(F)

" "

" Betsy

10

(F)

" "

Queens County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Jamaica.Page 306. Census taken on October 2, 1850.

677

Roberson, John (B)

30

(M)

New York

" Catherine (B)

30

(F)

" "

Price, John (B)

15

(M)

" "

Prince, Lewis (B)

7

(M)

" "

Sparkes, Dicky A. (B)

6

(M)

" "

Roberson, Eliza (B)

18

(F)

" "

" Martha (B)

16

(F)

" "

" Jane (B)

14

(F)

" "

Rensselaer County, New York -- 1850 Census

City of Troy.Page 159. Census taken on September 28, 1850.

2382

Sparks, Sarah

19

(F)

New York

(living in a boarding house)

Rockland County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Orangetown.Page 202. Census taken on August 6, 1850.

312

Gesner, Nicholas

84

(M)

New Jersey

Farmer

$4000

Lawrence, Jonathan

54

(M)

New York

Ship Carpenter

$800

" Sarah

53

(F)

" "

" Mary

31

(F)

" "

" Sarah

22

(F)

" "

" Cornelia

18

(F)

" "

Hunter, Jennette

11

(F)

Scotland

" Ellen

8

(F)

Canada

Sparks, Jonathan L.

2

(M)

New York

" Mary A.

10/12

(F)

" "

Lawrence, Jennette

52

(F)

" "

Town of Haverstraw.Page 348. Census taken on September 14, 1850.

1002

Unger, Abraham B.

35

(M)

New York

$60000

" Mary

31

(F)

" "

$350000

" Henry

8

(M)

" "

" Catherine

5

(F)

" "

" Theodore

3

(M)

" "

" Wilhelmina

2

(F)

" "

Markey, Michael

34

(M)

Ireland

Coachman

Sparks, Hugh

61

(M)

"

Gardener

Longen, A.

22

(F)

"

Nurse

" Margaret

18

(F)

"

Chambermaid

Foley, Maria

22

(F)

"

"

Abbott, Ellen

44

(F)

England

Cook

Lynes, Mary

23

(F)

"

Nurse

Saratoga County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Saratoga Springs.Page 188. Census taken on August 21, 1850.

448

Sparks, O. T.

30

(M)

Vermont

Carpenter

(living in Stanwix Hall)

Schenectady County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of RotterdamPage 60. Census taken on August 16, 1850

62

Fisher, James

66

(M)

England

Farmer

$1000

" Arnia

63

(F)

"

Sparks, George

13

(M)

New York

Rule, Sophia

10

(F)

" "

65

Fisher, John

26

(M)

New York

Farmer

" Elizabeth

26

(F)

" "

" Augusta

3

(F)

" "

" Nancy

7/12

(F)

" "

Sparks, Emma J.

11

(F)

" "

Steuben County, New York -- 1850 Census

Village of Painted Post.Page 2. Census taken on August 29, 1850.

18

Cutler, James E.

26

(M)

New York

Farmerf

$200

" Mary C.

26

(F)

" "

" Marian

7

(F)

" "

" William W.

3

(M)

" "

" James E.

1

(M)

" "

Sparks, Mary

18

(F)

" "

Page 22. Census taken on September 7, 1850.

328

Sparks, John

44

(M)

New York

Cooper

" Libel S.

39

(F)

" "

" Mary J.

15

(F)

" "

" Phebe

14

(F)

" "

" July Ann

10

(F)

" "

" Emeline

6

(F)

" "

" James L.

3

(M)

" "

" George W.

1

(M)

" "

Town of ErwinPage 86. Census taken on August 17, 1850.

112

Filkins, Nelson

43

(M)

New York

Mason

$1000

" Teressa M.

38

(F)

" "

" John P.

16

(M)

" "

Mason

" Theodore

14

(M)

" "

" Parmelia

11

(F)

" "

" Isaiah

7

(M)

" "

" Phebe J.

5

(F)

" "

" Marietta

6/12

(F)

" "

Sparks, William

23

(M)

" "

Mason

Sullivan County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Calicoon.Page 161. Census taken on October 29, 1850.

2316

Sparks, Robert

40

(M)

New York

Farmer

$1000

" Ellinor

31

(F)

" "

" Elizabeth

7

(F)

" "

" Margaret

5

(F)

" "

" Sarah

2

(F)

" "

" Loring

22

(M)

" "

Laborer

Page 169. Census taken on November 1, 1850.

2463

Sparks, Freeman

35

(M)

New York

Farmer

" Sylvia

30

(F)

" "

" Elizabeth

12

(F)

" "

" Emily

9

(F)

" "

" Thomas

5

(M)

" "

" Hannah

2

(F)

" "

Town of Fallsburgh.Page 190. Census taken on November 1, 1850.

137

Sparks, Samuel

28

(M)

England

Laborer

(living in a boarding house)

(F)

Village of Mamakating.Page 264. Census taken on November 1, 1850.

153

Sparks, David

25

(M)

New York

Farmer

" Catherine A.

23

(F)

" "

" Annia

3

(F)

" "

Page 269. Census taken on August 2, 1850.

231

Scott, Thaddeus

69

(M)

Connecticut

Farmer

$2500

" Sarah

56

(F)

New York

" John

26

(M)

" "

Farmer

" Stephen

21

(M)

" "

"

" Cornelius

17

(M)

" "

"

" George

15

(M)

" "

"

Sparks, Lucretia

36

(F)

" "

" John

5

(M)

" "

" Mary E.

3

(F)

" "

" Thaddeus

1

(M)

" "

Canfield, William

25

(M)

" "

Farmer

Tioga County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of Tioga.Page 84. Census taken on August 30, 1850, by John L. Sawyer.

1206-1229

Sparks, William

30

(M)

England

Farmer

$1000

" Sarah

32

(F)

"

" John R.

9

(M)

New York

" Franklin

7

(M)

" "

" Emma R.

8/12

(F)

" "

Town of Osego.Page 250. Census taken on September 19, 1850, by H. S. Granger.

1223-1261

Sparks, Samuel

38

(M)

England

Shoemaker

$800

" Elizabeth

36

(F)

"

" Mary

15

(F)

"

" Sarah

13

(F)

"

" Ansonith

8

(F)

"

" Elizabeth

6

(F)

New York

" Fanny

4

(F)

" "

" Thirza

3

(F)

" "

Tomkins County, New York -- 1850 Census

Town of IthacaPage 208. Census taken on July 26, 1850.

102

Moon, Henry

34

(M)

Maryland

Barber

$800

" Erline

23

(F)

New York

Sparks, Sophia

14

(F)

New Jersey

Moon, Frances

2

(F)

New York

Ulster County, New York -- 1850 Census

Wawarsing TownshipPage 10. Census taken on October 4, 1850.

153

Sparks, Virgil

35

(M)

New York

Canal

$200

" Harriet

28

(F)

" "

" William

9

(M)

" "

" Ann

7

(F)

" "

" John

4

(M)

" "

" George

1

(M)

" "

Page 15. Census taken on October 10, 1850, by J. R. Tallmage.

222-231

Edwards, Joseph W.

22

(M)

New York

Farmer

$400

" Esther

16

(F)

" "

Mariobe, Abby

18

(F)

" "

Sparks, Calvin

24

(M)

" "

Laborer

Town of Plattekill.Page 236. Census taken on August 27, 1850.

31

Foster, William

40

(M)

New York

Farmer

" Charlott

37

(F)

" "

" Edwin

15

(M)

" "

Farmer

" Adelia

13

(F)

" "

Sparks, Anna

26

(F)

" "

Wood, Josiah

16

(M)

" "

Farmer

Shawangunk TownshipPage 304. Census taken on August 2, 1850, by J. R. Tallmadge.